I Refuse to Divorce novel (Zoe and Mason) novel Chapter 22

Ava knocked on the door of the director’s office and went in after she got the a-okay. Mason was on a phone call with his mother. Their conversation was about something that Ava had just found out and wanted to report to Mason.

“Are you just going to leave her alone, Mason?”

“Who’s Leslie?”

“That Ella has such a bad reputation. We can’t allow Zoe to mingle with her! You should keep your wife in check, Mason.”

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Mason said nonchalantly, “Zoe is divorcing me, Mom! How am I supposed to keep an eye on her?”

Lisa cared for nothing more than her family’s reputation. She was mad that she had spent a long time talking to Mason without a positive outcome. With that, she hung up on him.

He put down the phone and looked at Ava. “Is Zoe working for Leslie?” She was about to say something when she suddenly saw a velvet box next to him.

She recognized it. It was the box that held Zoe’s wedding ring. If it was there, then he must have looked at it from time to time.

Mason always had his silver wedding ring on. He did not love Zoe and yet he had always worn it to remind everyone that he was already married.

Ava’s fingers curled slightly. She smiled a moment later. “That’s right! Ella recommended her to him. She’s that model with the terrible reputation. I have no idea how Ms. Zoe got to know her.”

Mason could not care less about Ella or Leslie. He thought about Cecil. There was no denying it. The way Cecil looked at Zoe meant that he wanted her. He was merely using their history as a front!

He leaned back in his chair, flipped through a document, and said lightly, “Move my meeting with Gregory to the Imperial Hotel tonight.”